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Thursday, July 27, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Sudan’s women must be central to any political solution
The New Arab
Over three months ago, violence erupted from conflict between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary groups in Merowe, and then in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Violence also re-erupted in Darfur shortly thereafter. The...
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People continue protests demanding the restoration of civilian rule in Khartoum, Sudan [File: Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency]
Monday, January 24, 2022
Sudanese women’s rights activist Amira Osman arrested in raid
Al Jazeera
Armed men have arrested prominent Sudanese women’s rights campaigner Amira Osman in a night-time raid on her home in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, her sister said. Osman’s arrest comes amid, what activists say, a campaign of arrests of civil society and...
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Friday, June 26, 2020
Sudanese women ready to ‘break taboos’ and run for office
United Nations
Much has already changed for women since the protests: laws restricting freedom of dress, movement and work were repealed, and female genital mutilation was criminalized. The transitional constitution guarantees 40 per cent representation in the...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Sudan's first cabinet since Omar al-Bashir's removal sworn in
Aljazeera
Sudan swore in its first cabinet since the removal of former president Omar al-Bashir in April following nationwide protests against his rule. The 18-member cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, which includes four women, took the oath at...
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Friday, August 30, 2019
Sudan: While peace deal is signed, feminists fight for representation
VOA
In Sudan, women are well-represented in the workforce. They are not lacking in any public spaces. And over the past few months, they have made up half, if not more, of the protest crowds making demands of their new transitional government. Women...
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Sudanese women are right to demand parity in the transition
El Karama
Sudan’s transition must be inclusive if it is to build a country for all Sudanese. The Karama network endorses the Sudanese Women’s Declaration For Change No (1) April 2019, and its calls for gender parity as a minimum for Sudan’s governmental...
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Friday, September 05, 2014
Security Detains Women Protesters in Sudan
The security services detained 16 activists of the "No to women's oppression" group, who staged a protest in front of Omdurman women prison today. The women protested against the detention of women politicians, especially Dr Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi...
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Friday, April 05, 2013
Sudan: Jonglei Women Vow to Leave Men If Violence Continues
Participants in a women's only peace conference in South Sudan's Jonglei state took the drastic step of saying they would leave their homes and refrain from child bearing if men in their communities continued to seek violent solutions to ongoing...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Interviews
Samia Hassan Syed Ahmed
Interview with Samia Hassan Syed Ahmed, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Sudan during the 128th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly which took place March 22-27, 2013, in Quito, Ecuador.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sudan: Women's Federation Delivers Memorandum to Parliament on Violence against Women
General Federation of Sudanese Women said it has immovable trust in the government and its institutions especially the highest legislative and monitoring power, the parliament.The federation delivered a memorandum to the parliament regarding...
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